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    Journal for my reboot

    Keep it up brother. Is there anything you can do to prevent situations where you're prone to relapse? Like not taking your phone to bed, or working out at night to burn off excess energy?
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 27 PMO/Urges I had another really good week in terms of urges. Was pretty busy and out of the house most of the time, so no time to be tempted. Unfortunately, the club I've been busy with at uni is ending for the term in a week, so my social pool is gonna shrink pretty dramatically... I...
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 19 Smooth sailing the past week. Still been pretty busy with social events, so not much time to be alone with temptations. In a bit of a weird place mentally though. My anxiety levels are so much lower than pre-reboot that I'm having some trouble with rebalancing my motivation, desires...
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    Journal for my reboot

    Let's go! Keep it up
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 13 Thanks TryingHarder. I know everyone has different standards for relapse. Personally, I'm trying to be in control of my sexual urges in general, including avoiding thirst traps or fantasizing about porn. But certainly I'm glad that it wasn't a full PMO relapse. Things are going pretty...
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    Freedom By Any Means Necessary...

    Hi McNutty, hope you're hanging in there!
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    A fresh start for a mountain goat ⛰️

    Hey mountain goat, hope you're hanging in there. I think it's great that you've talked to friends and identified your triggers and underlying fears and factors that led to replase. One thing that might help motivate you to get back on track is thinking of all the positive emotions and results...
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    Time to start over

    Wishing you all the best, worth_it! In my experience, I found it best not to beat myself up about the streak length, and view it more about simply fleeing from porn and fighting the urges, one day at a time. If you've already made it to 30 day streaks, then I believe you have more than enough...
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 7 (Longest streak: 117 days) Well, I'm not too thrilled to write this update, but I want to keep myself accountable. So a couple Fridays ago, I was lying in bed mindlessly scrolling through YT shorts and Instagram, and ended up getting triggered by a few posts, which weren't necessarily...
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 111 Thanks for the encouragement, TryingHarder and mountain_goat. This week went a lot better than the last. I've been trying to go to the gym more often, especially when I have urges. I had some brain fog throughout the week, which I haven't had in a while. But I had a good week in terms...
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    my journey, 25, male, PMO since ~11, 100% ED, done with this shit forever, it did enough harm

    Congrats swimmer! Looking forward to reading your longer reflection post
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 104 Urges have been nearly out of control. Had a close call yesterday morning, where I nearly MO'd before getting out of bed to start my day. Also close calls with my browsing today, where I've been reading/watching stuff that I know makes me start fantasizing... Really need to stay in...
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    A fresh start for a mountain goat ⛰️

    Really sorry to hear this, mountain goat :( But I just want to encourage you that your progress isn't over, and you don't have to re-start from scratch. 4 relapses in 96 days is pretty stellar if you ask me, compared to probably 90% of guys who are more like 80 PMO in 96 days. Keep up your...
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    my journey, 25, male, PMO since ~11, 100% ED, done with this shit forever, it did enough harm

    Holy cow, almost a year! What an inspiration for the rest of us. Keep it up!
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    Attempt number one thousand? A 22 year old's latest attempt at rebooting

    Day 99 So I speculate this could be related to my wet dreams - if they functioned as a sort of physiological "mini relapse", but urges have come back this week with renewed vigor. Except they're not really porn-related, just strong urges to fantasize, and to seek release. It almost feels like...
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